While summer is winding down, did we really get a summer break? Kids are going back to school but how many of us took zero time off over the past few months? Here's hoping we all get a little break soon. But don’t take too big of a break because there’s so much going on this fall, including Octane’s Tech Innovation Forum and the Pismo Ventures Business Plan Competition.
But the virtualization of work has drastically accelerated beyond video meetings. Telemedicine, distanced learning, and more have all had plans to eventually get there and COVID-19 rapidly accelerated it. In this month's blog, we talk about how one of the oldest private tech companies, Cox Business, has connected communities for 120+ years with the latest technologies and how they are making multigenerational investments that have come to fruition faster than planned in the last six months. Give it a read and have a great week!
Cheers,
Neal
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ORANGE COUNTY TECH ECOSYSTEM NEWS
Movandi of Irvine increases Series C target to $35.8M with $29.6M raised to date
Irvine-based Ingram Micro is up for sale by HNA Group of China for around $7B
UCI's robotics team focuses on COVID-19 work for aid at home, school and in the office
Breast cancer testing company Agendia of Irvine is planning an IPO
New program in San Clemente pays youth to learn entrepreneurship
$221M advanced care facility to be built at UCI to expand healthcare
Huntington Beach's Rocket Lab successfully launches new payload into space
DEALS
ExoCoBio, with OC-based manufacturing partner BENEV Company, raises $9.3M Series C round
Irvine-based Acorns gets a strategic investment from The Rock for an undisclosed amount
ACQUISITIONS
American Medical Technologies of Irvine acquired by a group of private equity companies for undisclosed terms
ONLINE EVENTS & DEADLINES
EvoNexus Orange County is accepting applications from deep tech, life science, and fintech startups, Open Deadline
Pismo Ventures National Venture Plan Competition; registration deadline September 27
OCBJ 26th Annual Women in Business Awards, September 9
MasterMinds Startup Accelerator Workshop with Patent Attorney Andrew Kimmel, September 9